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561: 699:'s division to launch an attack into the West Woods on the morning of the battle. The assault was devastated by a Confederate counterattack, and Sedgwick's men retreated in great disorder to their starting point with over 2,200 casualties. Sumner has been condemned by most historians for his "reckless" attack, his lack of coordination with the other corps commanders, accompanying Sedgwick's division personally and losing control of his other attacking division, failing to perform adequate reconnaissance prior to launching his attack, and selecting an unusual line of battle formation that was so effectively flanked by the Confederate counterattack. Historian M. V. Armstrong's recent scholarship, however, has determined that Sumner did perform appropriate reconnaissance and his decision to attack where he did was justified by the information available to him. 661: 853: 823: 603: 50: 1308: 977: 736: 809: 675:
on May 5, 1862. During McClellan's absence, Sumner directed the inconclusive battle, which failed to impede the Confederate withdrawal up the Peninsula, and McClellan wrote to his wife, "Sumner had proved that he was even a greater fool than I had supposed & had come within an ace of having us
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Shortly before being fired from command of the army in October, McClellan wrote to the War Department a letter recommending that Sumner be relieved of duty, as he doubted that his age and health would permit him to survive another campaign, but nothing came of this and when Maj. Gen.
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in Syracuse. Part of the Teall family plot, the gravesite has some structural problems and issues of disrepair. The Onondaga County Civil War Round Table was raising funds to repair the grave and the general area.
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The Sumner–Storrow relationship is discussed in unpublished 19th-century correspondence of the Storrow family (copies of which are held by descendants). The Storrow–Brown relationship is described in Morris.
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of the Northern department. (Storrow had previously served as a mentor to Sumner in Boston.) In recognition of their long-standing friendship, Sumner would later name one of his sons Samuel Storrow Sumner.
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succeeded to the command of the Army of the Potomac, he grouped the corps in "grand divisions" and appointed Sumner to command the Right Grand Division. In this capacity, he took part in the disastrous
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prevented a Union disaster. He received the brevet of major general in the regular army for his gallantry at Seven Pines. Sumner was struck in the arm and hand by spent balls at the
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Sumner's other divisions drove the weak Confederate center back, but Sumner was badly shaken by the disaster to Sedgwick and heavy casualties to other Union forces. Maj. Gen.
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resigned his commission and enlisted with the Confederate Army eventually becoming Robert E. Lee's military secretary and an artillery brigadier general.
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He married Hannah Wickersham Foster (1804–1880) on March 31, 1822. They had six children together: Nancy, Margaret Foster, Sarah Montgomery, Mary Heron,
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wanted to attack with his fresh VI Corps, but Sumner, who was senior to him, ordered him to hold back. McClellan sustained Sumner.
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Sumner's military appointment was facilitated by Samuel Appleton Storrow, Judge Advocate Major on the staff of General
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of the 2nd Dragoons on June 30, 1846. During the Mexican–American War, Sumner was brevetted for bravery at the
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from 1851 to 1853 and was promoted to colonel of the 1st U.S. Cavalry on March 3, 1855.
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In November 1861, Sumner was brought back east to command a division. When Maj. Gen.
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Disaster in the West Woods: General Edwin V. Sumner and the II Corps at Antietam
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Senate bill to increase the pension of Mrs. Hannah W. Sumner, April 25, 1872
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Senate bill to increase the pension of Mrs. Hannah W. Sumner, March 11, 1872
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Memorial and burial place of Major Gen. E. V. Sumner and Hannah F. Sumner,
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and the oldest field commander of any Army Corps on either side during the
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was dismissed from the Army for treason by outgoing U.S. President
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Sword of the Border: Major General Jacob Jennings Brown, 1775–1828
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McClellan originally formed a poor opinion of Sumner during the
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assigned Sumner as the senior officer to accompany Lincoln from
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campaigns. On March 4, 1833, he was promoted to the rank of
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Letter from David Davis to Abraham Lincoln, March 6, 1861
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Letter from Sumner to Abraham Lincoln, December 17, 1860
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Letter from Sumner to Abraham Lincoln, January 10, 1863
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Letter from Sumner to Abraham Lincoln, January 20, 1861
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Letter from Sumner to John G. Nicolay, January 20, 1861
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Generals in blue : lives of the Union commanders
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in March, Sumner was given command of one of its new
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Stanford, Calif: Stanford University Press. 1290:Territorial Kansas Online biographical sketch 1162:The Harper encyclopedia of military biography 564:Edwin Vose Sumner and his staff ca. 1861-1862 518:, and became involved in the crisis known as 1011:Bertbrong, pp. 133–40; Grinnell, pp. 111–21. 1322:Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography 945:Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography 928: 837:List of American Civil War generals (Union) 1412:, reporting the capture of Fredericksburg. 433:. His son Samuel was a general during the 48: 1122: 1095: 1083: 897:Learn how and when to remove this message 1422:Resolution honoring General Edwin Sumner 1302:Edwin Vose Sumner biography and timeline 1059: 987: 970: 968: 966: 964: 922: 860:This article includes a list of general 782:Sumner is buried in Section 8, Lot 1 of 734: 665:The Chickahominy – Sumner's Upper Bridge 659: 601: 559: 528:punitive expedition against the Cheyenne 375:. He was a first cousin once removed of 358: 30:For his son, the U.S. Army general, see 770:, both served in the Civil War and the 667:: 1862 watercolour by William McIlvaine 464:and assigned to command B Company, the 14: 1470: 1245: 1188: 1071: 1032: 916: 633:, commanded during the war by Sumner, 327:, on the Western frontier, and in the 1154: 1020: 961: 730: 410:on March 3, 1819. He was promoted to 107:Oakwood Cemetery (Syracuse, New York) 1380:Documents at the Library of Congress 846: 390:In 1819, after losing interest in a 1109:Series 1, Volume 22, Part 2, p. 152 24: 1488:American people of English descent 866:it lacks sufficient corresponding 466:United States Regiment of Dragoons 25: 1529: 1295: 1374:Full–length portrait (1861–1863) 1337:The New Student's Reference Work 1306: 975: 851: 821: 807: 762:His two sons, Brigadier General 1166:. New York, NY: HarperCollins. 1101: 522:. In 1857, as commander of the 503:he received the brevet rank of 479:instructional establishment at 1493:Military personnel from Boston 1362: 1286: (archived August 8, 2007) 1026: 1005: 952: 13: 1: 1123:Armstrong, Marion V. (2002). 1116: 747:Soon afterward, on Maj. Gen. 383:, and his son, the historian 691:In the fall of 1862, at the 555: 7: 800: 524:1st Cavalry Regiment (1855) 452:Sumner later served in the 10: 1534: 1352:Collier's New Encyclopedia 939:"Sumner, Edwin Vose"  753:Department of the Missouri 475:In 1838, he commanded the 323:, with distinction in the 29: 1456: 1446: 1440: 829:American Civil War portal 797:was named in his honour. 589:Department of the Pacific 587:, then in command of the 514:In 1856 Sumner commanded 278: 270: 181: 168:Department of the Pacific 159: 149: 141: 125: 113: 101: 84: 64: 56: 47: 40: 948:. New York: D. 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Edwin V. Sumner
Edwin Vose Sumner Jr.

Boston
Syracuse, New York
Oakwood Cemetery (Syracuse, New York)
Union
United States Army
Union Army
Major General
1st U.S. Cavalry
Department of the Pacific
II Corps
Army of the Potomac
Black Hawk War
Mexican–American War
Battle of Cerro Gordo
Battle of Molino del Rey
American Indian Wars
Bleeding Kansas
American Civil War
Peninsula campaign
Battle of Williamsburg
Seven Days Battles
Battle of Glendale
Maryland campaign
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Fredericksburg
Edwin Jr.
Samuel

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